. The uncharted island . hole the existence of which he hadnever even suspected. Approaching to peer into the hole, the old gentle-man was exasperated to find that the sailor had un-ostentatiously interposed his body. Get out of my way, you jackanapes ! cried theill-natured old man. My orders is to shoot any one oo interferes wime in the discharge o my dooty. But Ill make aexception o an ole man like you. Cos wy ? Yecant interfere, dye see ? Ye avent the fightinweight, capn. This was too much. Down came Mr. Brownjohnscane, with all the frosty strength left in him, on thesentinels mid thigh. Ja
. The uncharted island . hole the existence of which he hadnever even suspected. Approaching to peer into the hole, the old gentle-man was exasperated to find that the sailor had un-ostentatiously interposed his body. Get out of my way, you jackanapes ! cried theill-natured old man. My orders is to shoot any one oo interferes wime in the discharge o my dooty. But Ill make aexception o an ole man like you. Cos wy ? Yecant interfere, dye see ? Ye avent the fightinweight, capn. This was too much. Down came Mr. Brownjohnscane, with all the frosty strength left in him, on thesentinels mid thigh. Jack now found himself very unhappily is difficult managing ones Ps and Qs under circum-stances like these. You may have a gun, and abayonet too; but if your opponent knows that youcannot really use them, it puts you at a , if you are a sturdy young sailor man justturned thirty, you cannot, with any decency, catch asurly old pantaloon by the neck and shake him likea rat, as you would like Down came Mr. Bro^njjhn s cane. . .on the sentinels mid thigh. Page 268. BROWNJOHN RAGES—MARTIN WINKS. 269 All the same, you cannot stand by and be floggedlike a disobedient puppy, and there isnt anythingreally to prevent you grounding arms on the oldgentlemans toes ; while, if the old gentleman happensto have corns, why, thats his affair. This, at least,was how it struck Jack, with the result that the en-counter became much more equal. • When the old gentleman had finished his dance, andhad returned to the attack, demanding admission tohis own hole, and that immediately, Jack had recov-ered his temper enough to take up a light tone. If I was to do the proper thing by ye, Id let yego in at your own ole an drop down an breakyour own neck. Its easy done: a ten-foot dropsgood enough for your age an build. Mr. Brownjohns reply was quite up to standard,and poor Jack began to perceive that in a war ofwords he was not likely to shine. So knowing fromBriggs what a
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